Paper industry calls warning over illegal downloads

Paper industry calls warning over illegal downloads

To deter Internet pirates demanded the German book industry's warnings in the network. "Every illegal download of so-called file-sharing platforms, then the users are advised that they do is illegal," said the chief executive of the Association of German Book Trade, Alexander Skipis, the German Press Agency before the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair (12 -16.10.). After an internal investigation branch were downloaded in the past year, some 14 million e-books illegal. This would correspond to 62 percent of all downloaded tracks. These notes should be sent automatically from the Internet providers, calls Skipis. "This failure, however, so far.'s Why we need the help of politics."

The discussions with the Department of Commerce had not yet been completed, although Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU), two years ago had promised their support at the book fair in respect of copyright law. "The contents of our authors are stolen by criminal organizations that have made the business model," complained Skipis. If the author for his performance would not pay more, "then it will eventually be no more content, you can pirate." Particularly extreme piracy is in science. But even in fiction is growing in the illegal supply network and the illegal use. This will in e-book area mainly affect smaller and medium-sized publishers.

Warnings Skipis holds for quite promising. Studies showed that 80 percent of users would behave quite true. Who will continue to illegally downloading a book must expect a warning from the publisher concerned. Skipis sharply criticized in this context, the Pirate Party. "If this freedom and democracy demands on the network, which is a mere empty words. We need rules for our freedom." The Pirate Party has at the start of the Frankfurt Book Fair on Wednesday (12.10.) Announced a demonstration against the requirement of the newspaper publishers, intellectual property right. This "cemented information structures and restricts the freedom of expression", says the protest call of the pirates.